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Walt Disney Co (DIS): Today's Featured Media Laggard

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Walt Disney (
DIS) pushed the Media industry lower today making it today's featured Media laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.9%. By the end of trading, Walt Disney fell $1.36 (-1.7%) to $78.23 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6,180,691 shares of Walt Disney exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,496,300 shares. The stock ranged in price between $78.16-$79.46 after having opened the day at $79.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $79.59. Other companies within the Media industry that declined today were:
Pandora Media (
P), down 16.6%,
Rocket Fuel (
FUEL), down 11.9%,
NTN Buzztime (
NTN), down 10.8% and
World Wrestling Entertainment (
WWE), down 8.6%.

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products, and Interactive. Walt Disney has a market cap of $139.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 4.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Walt Disney a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
Walt Disney as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.